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ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER · Question #363
You manage a VPC network in Google Cloud with a subnet that is rapidly approaching its private IP address capacity. You expect the number of Compute Engine VM instances in the same region to double wi
The correct answer is C. Use the Google Cloud CLI tool to expand the primary IP range of your subnet.. Google Cloud allows you to expand the primary IP range of an existing subnet without downtime. This is the recommended and most cost-effective way to increase available private IP addresses while keeping all current resources online.
Submitted by takeshi77· Mar 30, 2026Planning and configuring a cloud solution
Question
You manage a VPC network in Google Cloud with a subnet that is rapidly approaching its private IP address capacity. You expect the number of Compute Engine VM instances in the same region to double within a week. You need to implement a Google-recommended solution that minimizes operational costs and does not require downtime. What should you do?
Options
- ACreate a second VPC with the same subnet IP range, and connect this VPC to the existing VPC
- BDelete the existing subnet, and create a new subnet with double the IP range available.
- CUse the Google Cloud CLI tool to expand the primary IP range of your subnet.
- DPermit additional traffic from the expected range of private IP addresses to reach your VMs by
How the community answered
(42 responses)- A2% (1)
- B5% (2)
- C90% (38)
- D2% (1)
Explanation
Google Cloud allows you to expand the primary IP range of an existing subnet without downtime. This is the recommended and most cost-effective way to increase available private IP addresses while keeping all current resources online.
Topics
#VPC subnet expansion#primary IP range#CIDR expansion#no downtime
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